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July 29 - August 2, 2015

Founders Leadership Institute

The National Black Nurses Association Founders Leadership Institute is designed to develop nursing leaders among all association members. In order to lead improvements in healthcare quality, minority nurses must develop the leadership skills necessary to lead health care change in a global society. Principles from The RWJ Executive Nurse Fellows Program are also used for the development of the Institute. The Institute expects that its participants will demonstrate the following three competencies;

Self-knowledge – The ability to understand and develop the self in the context of organizational challenges, interpersonal demands and individual motivation.

Interpersonal and communication effectiveness – The ability to translate a strategic vision into compelling and motivating messages.

Inspiring and leading change – The ability to inspire, structure, lead and effectively implement organizational change in an inclusive way.

Method

The Institute is open to all association members. Because of the diversity of membership, attention is given to varying levels of leadership development. The learning experience is a for hour intensive one day seminar and held annually at the NBNA conference. The seminar is led by some of the most renowned nursing and health care leaders in the country. Faculty is inclusive of leaders who are reflective of the health and business community and lecture on a variety of topics related to the core competencies of the Institute.

The NBNA Founders Leadership Institute is aligned with the 2010 IOM Report on the Future of Nursing recommendation to develop nurse leaders.